ATLANTA,  .JUNE  IStii,  1804. 


/.  Tlie  aiteiltioD  ot  Suvgeoiis  in  charge  of  Jiospitals  is  called  to  the 
following  Special  Orders  from  Army  Head-Quarters : 


I.  Authority  is  given  Surgeon  S.  .11.  Stout,  Medical  Director  of  Hos- 
pitals, to  grant  leaves  of  absence  and  furloughs  for  not  exceeding  thirty 
(30)  days,  to  officers  and  men  from  this  Army,  in  hospitals  under  his 
charge.  Surgeon  Stout,  in  granting  furloughs,  will  be  guided  by  the 
instructions  received  from  Surgeon  A.  J.  Foard,  Medical  Director  of  the 
Army. 

II.  Officers  and  men,  receiving  leaves  and  furloughs,  will  report  at 
the  expiration  thereof,  to  the  Hospitals  from  which  they  are  granted. 
In  all  cases,  notices  of  leaves  and  furloughs  will  be  sent  through  these 
Head-Quarters  to  commanding  officers. 

By  Command  of  (JEN'L  JOHNSTON, 
(Signed)  Ktnlocii  F.u.(,oxl;i;,  A.  A.  Gen'l. 

II.  The  General  Commanding  has  issued  the  above  Special  Orders 
with  the  expectation  that  Medical  Examining  Boards,  acting  under  au- 
thority thereof,  will  exercise  a  wise  discretion  in  recommending  leaves 
of  absence  and  furloughs. 

That  the  order  may  be  caijied  out  in  its  spirit  and  intent,  the  follow- 
ing directions  are  given : 

III.  Tiie  Boards,  in  recommending  leaves  of  absence  or  furloughs, 
must,  in  each  case,  certify  that,  in  their  opinion,  the  patient  will  be 
sooner  restored  to  health,  by  his  temporary  removal  from  hospital. 

IV.  A  record  or  the  name,  rank,  company,  regiment,  brigade  and 
(livision  of  each  patient  granted  leave  of  absence  or  furloughed  under 
this  order,  and  his  Post  Office,  while  absent  on  leave  or  fu*lough,  shall 
be  carefully  kept  in  each  hospital,  a  transcript  of  which  shall,  on  Sat- 
urday of  each  week,  be  forwarded,  properly  endorsed,  and  classed  by 
regiments,  battalions  and  batteries,  (the  commands  of  each  brigade- 
being  registered,  as  near  as  maybe,  together,)  through  this  office  to  the 
A.  &  I.  general  of  the  Army  of  I'ennessee. 


••  E.YTR.ICT.' 


HEAD-QUARTEKS  AKMY  OF  TENN., 
"  fx  THE  FiELD,^^  June  17tii,  1804. 


^SPECUL  FIELD  ORDERS,  ) 
NO.  'H,  S 


\  -  ^iibitvui  oi  ..-J  :  >  their  eoauBaiids  as  fomierly,  oUJcers  on 

leave  or  ^adie:-?  o  i;r.'Jer  provisions  of  Ibis  order,  siialJ  be 

ronuired  to  reiuin  :  froiii  ^vbicil  the  leave  Oi  absence  or 

JurJough     grajiteu  .       .      ....  .  ,he  expiration  thereof,  when,  if  fir  lor 

duty,  Lhev  >vi]l  be  r^tuiiied  to-taieir  commands,  as  in  other  cases. 

yi.  Officers  and  >oidiers  returning  home  on  leave  or  furlough,  under 
this  order,  or.^n  reaching  places  at  which  they  vfill  stay  during  leave  or 
fitiloijgh,  will  report  to  tiie  nearest  enrolling  officer,^  and  \vill 
hiurof  their  deparaue  for  hospital  at  the  expiration  thereof. 
^  VU   Notices  of  leaves  -^nd  furloughs,  granted  under  this  ordei-,  and 
ilr^o  of  every  faihire  ro  report  again  to  hospital,  as  provided  in  this 
rder,  must  be  transmitted  to  the  .jommanders  of  comr>nnies,  through 
■  rmy  Head -Quarters,  as  in  other  cases 
V'flL  The  Enrolling  officer  of  every  District  to       ....  , 

soldiers  au,  granted  the  privilege  of  going,  under  this  order,  will  each 
vyeek,  be  furni?!  i  v  Mm.  Surgeon^  in  .aarge  of  each  hospital,  with  a 
list  of  the  name  jhcers  granted  lea^es,  and  men  fivrloughed. 

v»'ith  the  dot.  uenccment  and  expiration  of  the  le  v 

'urloughs. 

iX,  'rhc  naxiic..-  aii  gi.mted  leave  of  absence  oi  furioughc-d  uiificj 
this  order,  will  be  retained  on  the  hospital  register,  and  Reported  as 
bemir  absent  under  orders  fj  om  Ai-my  Head-Quarters.  Xotices  of  such 
.e£.  r  .  or  furlougIi«£  will  not  be -?ent  to  the  AVar  Bepartrnent.  as  thh- 
order  is  from  Department  Head-Quarters. 

X.  Th*'  leaves  of  »i •r-ncc  and  furloughs  will  be  issued  from  the  office 
oi  the  Medical  Director  of  Hospitals,  signed  b>  himselt;  o:  bi^  -li- 
sence,  by  Surgeon  S  M.  Bemiss  as  acting  Medical  Director 

XI.  The  orders  from  the  A.  «fc  J.  Generars  office,  r{ichra  ..ivi.  auiii^ 
ruing  the  granting  of  furloughs  for  sixty  days,  on  certain  conditions, 
by  Modical  Examining  Boards,  are  not  intended  to  bo  interfered  witi: 
by  the  above,  ]>ut  re.vaain  hi  full  force  .  s  heretofore.    Th^)se  grante?'! 
leaves  t^r  furloughed  under  existing  orders  from  A.  &  L  G.  o/wilJ 
entered  under  the  head  of  '  Furloughed/-  on  Morning  Eeporfc  ..^ 
usual,  while  an  additional  column  should  be  ruled  off  from  the  coluiu^i 
of  ^'Kemarks''  in. Morning  P.epovts,  and  headed  "Absent  under  c. 
ders,"  in  '^'hick.  column  the  number  absent  on  leave  or  furlough^  unc!-. 
S.  ^  V  ^      "  '    Head-Quarte.  i  Army  of  Tennessee,  shall  be  constant  i . 
she- 

XIL  Paragraph  VI,  General  Orders  No,  141,  A.  .v,  J.      '  j .  ibi 
beearefn'  '    >^    i  ved  in  gianting  certificates 

^^^^  J*  is  only  applicable  to  officers  and  soldiers  of  Generoi 


>  H.  STOU  J, 


